Thursday, February 13, 2020
Vol. 129, No. 42
Local band Yail ends hiatus, community rejoices
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The FoCo-based band decided to bring back their signature mathrock debauchery.
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Colorado State University first established cultural centers over 50 years ago. Today there are several student diversity offices and programs serving CSU. The Race, Bias and Equity Initiative is considering new potential cultural offices to address bias concerns on campus today. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY AMY NOBLE AND MATT TACKETT THE COLLEGIAN
History of cultural centers at CSU @thedanielazahra
More than 50 years ago, students of color fought to make changes on campus. Two in particular were Manuel Ramos and Paul Chambers, who wrote a letter to former CSU President William E. Morgan. This was the start of the cultural centers we have now. “This is our university, and we do not wish to destroy nor mar any portion of it,” Ramos and Chambers wrote. “It is our aim to
improve it — to make it an outstanding educational facility for all who study here.” The main requests in the letter were funding for programs for minorities, a rise in education in minority history and culture and increasing recruitment in low-income, ethnically diverse areas. “These students felt that little or no effort was being made to address the racial disparities on campus, so they staged a series of protests to voice their indignation,” reads the Black/African American Cultural Center history
webpage. In response to the letter and protests, Morgan created areas for classes and curriculums centered on ethnic studies but mainly focused on the development of Project GO (Generating Opportunities). This program addressed the needs of students of color, specifically in an educational and academic environment. It targeted ethnically diverse students of low-income status. Project GO sought to encourage higher education and pro-
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vide students with financial and academic support, according to library archives. After roughly a decade of establishment, Project GO underwent a major change; the one program and office became five offices, which made up the Group Advocacy Program. The offices at this time were El Centro/Chicano Student Services, Black Student Services, Native American Student Services, Disabled Student’s Programs and Women’s Programs.
Once in a while, a band comes along and creates bonds between community members so deep that it truly hurts when they disappear. Last August, local band Yail went on hiatus, and the Northern Colorado music scene, while accepting of this break, was heartbroken. Lucky for them, Yail has returned and is ready to bring everything they have back to the stage. Members Jackson Watkins, Nick Visocky and Larson Ross reunited late January to play a show at Pinball Jones Campus West, gathering a crowd of fans who filled the venue. The Northern Colorado music community embraced their return by thrashing and singing along to their music.
see CENTERS on page 6 >>
see YAIL on page 18 >>
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By Monty Daniel
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